Archive for April 21st, 2007

Jeopardy College Championship at USC

I just got back from the JEOPARDY! 2007 College Championship here at the University of Southern California’s new Galen Center. Here’s an awesome little towel they gave us.. I taped my free admission ticket to it and hung it up in my dorm room in Marks Hall.

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Restore the o-u parity

Who knows, perhaps we’ll restore the o-u parity by adopting an extra “o” in Luis for the “u” that got dropped in “color.” Spelling for Muggles

Techies want to be heroes

First, I think this blog needs more pictures, so here’s a somewhat-related comic strip from Helen, Sweetheart of the Internet.

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Over at the 37signals blog, David wrote the post Don’t be a hero: Giving up is good to do. I think it’s a very good thought that I should keep in mind for the future. He says that everyone, especially techies, wants to be a hero. However, he cautions us that this usually isn’t the case:

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